Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 16:39 IST
The victim identified as Mohammad Alamgir was beaten to death after he was allegedly caught stealing a buffalo in Phulwarisharif area of Patna in Bihar on Wednesday. The victim was beaten for several hours and died at a hospital on Wednesday | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Police said they have arrested all the accused
Patna: In yet another incident indicating to deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar, a 32-year-old man from minority community was brutally beaten to death by a mob in the state capital Patna over suspicion of cattle theft.
Police said they have arrested all the accused. Police have named six persons in the FIR.
Bihar man lynched on suspicion of cattle theft Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident
A young man belonging to the minority community was bludgeoned to death on the outskirts of Patna on the charge of cattle theft, bringing back the spectre of mob lynching that had stopped in the run-up to the recent Assembly elections in Bihar.
Seven suspects have been arrested.
The incident happened at Phulwarisharif, a satellite town of Patna, during the small hours of Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Muhammad Alamgir, 32.
Alamgir, who had been living in a slum, was allegedly caught untying a buffalo from the cattle shed of Srikant Rai around 3am. An accomplice of Alamgir managed to escape.